'66 L72 Impala

[scuncio]

Beautiful auction pics, but literally no description of any kind.

I'd sure like to know more about the car in the pictures, though!

Link to 1966 Impala Super Sport 427-425hp auction (https://www.ebay.com/itm/334462132341?hash=item4ddf7f2075:g:MxQAAOSwsodimOy Z&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337538513&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1)

https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjgyWDEwMjQ=/z/HXkAAOSwT8pimOyd/$_57.JPG?set_id=2

https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjgyWDEwMjQ=/z/T10AAOSwMYZimOyp/$_57.JPG?set_id=2

https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjgyWDEwMjQ=/z/SekAAOSwhV1imOyv/$_57.JPG?set_id=2

https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjgyWDEwMjQ=/z/kjkAAOSw7PJimOy2/$_57.JPG?set_id=2

https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjgyWDEwMjQ=/z/7VYAAOSwb4ZimOzJ/$_57.JPG?set_id=2

https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjgyWDEwMjQ=/z/k6cAAOSwPwFimOzM/$_57.JPG?set_id=2

[olredalert]

----Is that really how the windshield washer hoses run?.....Bill S

[PeteLeathersac]

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Thanks for sharing another cool one Tony!
VIN 168376A140576 is actually correct, 66/67 V8SS identifier '68' unique so just seems odd.
Sold at Mecum 2011 for $46 thou' w/ Original matching #'s description, some pics/info still alive here...
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0111-102850/1966-chevrolet-impala-ss/
:beers:
- Pete

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[LT1vette]

----Is that really how the windshield washer hoses run?.....Bill S


No, ...they should run under the wiper motor to the fender and under a half round clip. The problem is the clips are hard to come by....
Then up on to the cowl under 2 more clips....

[scuncio]

Thanks Andy, totally escaped me that that was an Impala VIN! I’ll edit my original post.

[Too Many Projects]

Damn, that IS a beautiful car !!!

[aawtech]

M21 car also. 2Q on the cowl tag. Pretty cool.

[big gear head]

Perfect Impala. My favorite year, my favorite engine and my favorite number of pedals. I love the colors too.

[olredalert]

----It appears that 66 Impala engine stampings are done the same way that 66 Chevelle stampings were.....Bill S

[PhilS]

The first high performance car I ever drove was a 66 SS Impala L72. It was black on black with low miles and sitting on a Chevy dealer's lot in Billings Mt. In hindsight I can hardly believe they let me drive it, I was 16.

[jeffschevelle]

Gorgeous car! What's up with the two bolts in the finger guard on the radiator? Is that how they have the shroud mounted ?? Should not have both a finger guard and a shroud. That 4-row rad with the fingerguard is an L72 only part I do believe.

That A in the VIN stamp on the block looks bigger than the A in 66 Chevelle ATL stamps. The rest of the fonts look the same and the scattered stamp looks the same. Maybe full size car engines were dressed on a different line, with a different set of dies, with a bigger A?

[mssl72]

I like Marina Blue! Nice looking car. I'm not sure what the 2 bolts are holding on to the finger guard. They shouldn't be there. They weren't in the Mecum pictures. It has the correct radiator. Having both the finger guard and fan shroud is also correct. A number of detail things should be changed to dial it in to factory, not terrible things. Air cleaner is a repop, wrong service decal and placement, shouldn't have the chrome valve covers, rad cap, posi decal in trunk, bolt plating, wheels. I find it odd the Mecum description says Chevy replaced the 396 with the 427.

[Too Many Projects]

The Mecum description is misleading. We all know the 427 didn't replace the 396 but was an available option.

OR, the Chevrolet dealer replaced the 396 with the 427. It states this car is 1 of 1859 made with the L72, but no obvious paperwork to back that up...:confused2:

[mssl72]

...and there was 1,856 full size L72 cars factory built. Not 1,859, maybe a typ-O.

[scuncio]

Relisted in the link below with a $75k buy-it-now price:

Link to 1966 L72 Impala auction (https://www.ebay.com/itm/334468049775?hash=item4ddfd96b6f:g:MxQAAOSwsodimOy Z&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337538513&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1)